Marketplace Shops expanding

Lisa Marie Caverzagie places an item in the warehouse at Marketplace Shops at the corner of Eighth and Main streets. (/ Marketplace Shops)

Starting this weekend, locals will be offered a backstage pass to Marketplace Shops, which has been open on the corner of Eighth and Main streets for nearly two years.

"We're expanding," said marketing manager Lisa Marie Caverzagie. "We have warehouse space in the back (that is) 1,000 square foot. We're opening that up to the public. We've always had the warehouse, but it's going to be open up so everybody can go in two days of the week: Friday and Saturday."

The official grand opening will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday.

Prior to this, if someone needed an item that was stored in the warehouse, that person was escorted back, where he or she had their own private shopping experience, she said.

"We are the largest privately owned retail store in Cañon City," said Jacqueline Lindblad, who co-owns the store with her husband Randy. "Adding that 1,000 square foot makes us even larger."

This is a way for a privately owned store to be able to offer more in the store because the owners said they appreciate their customers support.

"The locals have been so loyal," Lindblad said. "We are a local business, not a tourist business. The locals are who keep our doors open and we appreciate that."

Many of the locals have said they wanted to spend time in the warehouse, shopping for eclectic or one-of-a-kind items, she said.

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"When we buy estates, we end up with a lot of pieces that perhaps don't fit into our higher end products that we offer in our showroom area," Lindblad said. "It's always been kind of a dilemma of what to do with this extra stuff. So that is what the warehouse will be. It will kind of be like an indoor garage sale."

Caverzagie said the warehouse will offer the kind of eclectic items that people currently don't see every day.

"The prices on the warehouse items will be reduced," Lindblad said. "Because they will be sold 'as is'. Since we're not spending our time preparing them, we can sell them even more cheaply than our already affordable price."